Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · architecture

Fragment of Tile

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Description

Caption: Fragment of Tile, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 9/16 in. (6.6 × 4.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.334. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small triangular faience piece with a green central section flanked by blue and white banding.

The artifact is a fragmentary piece of faience, displaying a triangular composition with a central green section. This is flanked by alternating blue and white bands, suggestive of decorative inlay. The piece shows clean, clear lines indicating skilled craftsmanship and was likely part of a larger decorative object.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.334 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9590 tier-2
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